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J-Ideas announces fund-raising campaign Warren Watson, director, announced today the creation of an annual fund-raising campaign to support J-Ideas, Ball State’s scholastic journalism and First Amendment institute. Parties are invited to give $25 or more to the J-Ideas Foundation to support future activities of the program. Donations are tax deductible. <more> FIRST VOICES Landmark First Amendment Research Ball State’s First Amendment institute has launched a landmark research project with 5,000 high school principals nationwide. J-Ideas, a 5-year-old effort to support student journalism and First Amendment awareness, is reaching out to 5,000 principals to gauge their knowledge level and support for the First Amendment of the Constitution. The research coincides with Sunshine Week, a national effort to support Freedom of Information, an important principle of the First Amendment. <more> -Ignoramcer in Palin, Dowd free-speech remarks -Plainfield pays respect to First Amendment -Palin-tology -Protesters' rights fenced off -Bad year for traditional news gatherers -Baseball and the First Amendment -Principals and the First Amendment -Remembering a crusader More First Thoughts: journalism teacher Tom Gayda speaks out Student journalists scoop professional press
Mile high with the First Amendment... We were north of the Mile High City near the Rocky Mountains. The principals were voluntarily descending—not from the tall peaks but from their position abutting the summit of school hierarchy. When they reached level ground, we could see each other more clearly. And clear sight leads to insight. <more > |
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| Home > Follow-up Survey Part 2 > First Amendment Education Increases First Amendment Education Increases Nationwide; Major Gains Made, But More Work Is Needed New Knight Foundation Survey Shows More Students Believe First Amendment Goes Too Far in Rights It Guarantees 9/18/06 U.S. high school students know more about the First Amendment than they did two years ago, but they are increasingly polarized in how they feel about it, according to an update of a groundbreaking survey funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. U.S. high school students are far more likely to take classes that teach about the First Amendment than two years ago, according to the survey. And more students now support protections for the news media. They also are more in favor of their right to report in their own newspapers without school officials’ approval. But more students today think the First Amendment, as a whole, goes too far in the rights it guarantees. A gap is widening between those who support this fundamental law and those who don’t. And teachers, while themselves increasing their appreciation of the First Amendment, don’t think schools are doing a great job of teaching it. “We see progress,” said Eric Newton, Knight’s director of Journalism Initiatives, “but there are still serious problems.” This updated 2006 survey questioned nearly 15,000 students and more than 800 teachers. The original 2004 survey, a $1 million study titled “The Future of the First Amendment,” questioned more than 100,000 students and 8,000 teachers – the largest survey of its kind. Dr. David Yalof and Dr. Kenneth Dautrich of the University of Connecticut conducted both studies for Knight Foundation. The original survey suggested that the more students are exposed to the First Amendment’s rights – freedom of speech, of the press, of religion, of assembly and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances – and the more involved they are in the news media and student journalism, the greater their appreciation of those rights. Key findings of the follow-up survey include:
The full findings of the survey can be found at www.firstamendmentfuture.org. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation promotes journalism excellence worldwide and invests in the vitality of U.S. communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Since its creation in 1950, the foundation has invested nearly $300 million to advance journalism quality and freedom of expression. For more, visit www.knightfdn.org.
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